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I
was
taken
care
of
by
the
vascular
access
center
in
the
hospital.
A
private
university
hospital
in
the
city
told
me,
``The
blood
vessels
in
my
arm
are
too
small
to
perform
shunt
surgery,
but
Yokohama
Daiichi
Hospital
might
be
able
to
do
it.''
The
doctor
in
charge
is
a
young
female
teacher.
"I
think
I
can
do
it.
I'm
pretty
confident."
As
he
said,
he
succeeded
in
less
than
an
hour.
The
patient
is
my
93-year-old
father.
Actually,
I
didn't
want
to
go
to
the
hospital
again
for
surgery,
but
when
I
was
admitted
to
the
hospital,
I
met
the
kind
nurses
who
made
me
smile
and
even
joked
with
them
as
I
headed
toward
the
hospital
room.
Shortly
after
the
surgery,
something
unexpected
happened
due
to
my
extremely
old
age,
and
I
ended
up
staying
in
the
hospital
for
quite
a
while,
but
(because
I
couldn't
meet
you
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic),
I
received
a
phone
call
saying,
``Everyone
is
taking
good
care
of
me,''
and
``Even
if
it's
a
large
room,
we
can
sleep
in
a
four-person
room.''
"It's
spacious,"
he
said.
Thanks
to
my
moderate
exercise
regimen,
I
was
able
to
walk
smoothly
without
a
cane
even
after
leaving
the
hospital
without
any
weakness
in
my
legs
or
hips.
There
was
no
change
from
before
admission.
There
are
pros
and
cons
as
to
whether
or
not
to
start
dialysis
in
your
90s,
and
some
people
want
to
live
the
rest
of
their
lives
without
surgery
or
dialysis.
At
another
hospital,
several
doctors
categorically
recommended
dialysis,
but
when
I
consulted
with
the
doctor
here,
he
understood
the
complexities
of
the
situation
and
dealt
with
it
in
a
courteous
manner.
*****
after
that……
Pushed
by
a
close
relative
who
desperately
needed
dialysis,
he
was
transferred
to
an
aggressive
clinic.
I
had
catheter
dialysis
in
my
shoulder,
which
worked
fine
for
half
a
year,
but
the
insertion
port
for
the
dialysis
tube
was
so
uncomfortable
that
I
had
to
cut
it
off
with
scissors,
and
I
developed
complications
in
my
lower
back
and
ended
up
in
a
wheelchair.
After
the
second
surgery,
he
was
placed
in
a
home
to
prevent
further
cuts
(and
was
placed
on
the
severe
dementia
floor
because
he
needed
to
be
supervised.My
father
was
barely
able
to
leave
the
floor
even
though
his
symptoms
were
mild),
and
he
was
unable
to
stay
overnight,
and
until
recently
he
had
been
living
at
home.
Although
she
was
able
to
walk
around
her
neighborhood
and
go
shopping
on
her
own,
she
ended
up
living
a
lonely
life-long
life,
only
going
back
and
forth
to
the
hospital
and
dialysis
clinic
near
her
home.
The
doctor
at
Yokohama
Daiichi
Hospital
had
predicted
that
``If
I
undergo
dialysis
for
my
neck
and
shoulders
at
this
old
age,
my
quality
of
life
will
deteriorate.''
One
year
after
the
surgery,
he
suffered
an
intracerebral
hemorrhage,
was
found
unconscious,
and
passed
away.
I
feel
like
I
could
have
lived
as
long
as
I
did
without
dialysis
treatment.
for
your
information.
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